Venerable Yellow Spring and Venerable Lei had completely different tastes in the cultivation methods and combat skills they collected. Most of Venerable Lei's combat skills were domineering and straightforward, while Venerable Yellow Spring's collection leaned toward the dark and bizarre. Xiao Yan tirelessly read through scroll after scroll. When it came to improving his strength, Xiao Yan had never feared monotony or tedium. A whole day passed in his reading.
Although Xiao Yan had no intention of learning many of the combat skills, simply seeing their essence still gave him considerable insight. In battle, knowing oneself and one's enemy was also crucial. Opponents encountered for the first time were generally unknown, and if one wished to gain the upper hand, breadth of knowledge was an important factor as well.
If Xiao Yan wished to create combat skills with his own unique characteristics in the future, then the combat skills he had seen and understood would serve as the most solid foundation. Without a wealth of knowledge to draw upon, ideas born from nothing could hardly be turned into reality.
After finishing the entire collection of both Venerable Lei and Venerable Yellow Spring, Xiao Yan let out a soft breath. For a moment, his mind felt somewhat muddled. He had absorbed too much information and could not process it all at once. Still, a trace of regret appeared in his eyes. He had not found the method for crafting Heartblood Clay Puppets in Venerable Yellow Spring's storage ring.
Heartblood Clay Puppets were extraordinarily significant to Xiao Yan and played an irreplaceable role in increasing his combat strength. However, the clay puppet he had fused with last time had already been destroyed during Tang Qiying's assassination attempt. He only had three left now, all of them scavenged from Venerable Yellow Spring's storage